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Not only can you access images in Pixelmator from the Finder on your Mac computer, but it also can access images from your iCloud Drive on an Apple mobile device. How do you access iCloud images in Pixelmator? In this movie, author Richard Harrington demonstrates how to load images from your iCloud Drive onto an Apple mobile device.

- What I'm gonna show you now…is how Pixelmator is available for iOS.…It's gonna work on both your iPad or your tablet,…in this case an iPad Pro, as well as the phone.…Let's start by opening up the application and some files.…Find the application on your screen.…You can easily swipe down from the top,…and if you don't see it as a recent app,…just type in Pixelmator, and you'll find it,…and then you can tap to open.…It's gonna open up with the last image that you were using,…but what I wanna show you first…is how you can access files from iCloud Drive.…

If I tap Images here,…it's gonna go back and show me my content.…Depending upon where you're at, content might be uploading.…You notice, for example,…there's some older files here waiting to download.…And of course on iCloud Drive,…you can choose to edit and get rid of files…if you're sure you don't want them.…Select it and hit the trash button would work, as well.…I'm gonna cancel that here and instead just open up a file.…Let's take this church file here,…and we'll open that up by tapping.…

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5/5/2016

If you're up and running with Pixelmator, but want a more comprehensive look at its image enhancement and design tools, this is the course for you. Pixelmator is a popular and affordable Mac OS X app, which offers support for Adobe file formats. With Pixelmator you can easily collaborate with other photographers and designers using the Creative Cloud. Join Rich Harrington for a tour of the complete Pixelmator workflow, including making accurate selections, performing targeted image adjustments, designing with text and shapes, retouching, masking, and making complex designs quickly with other effects. Rich also explores Pixelmator for iOS, which allows you to share projects between iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers and continue your work on the go. Once your project is finished, you'll learn how to export files in several popular formats for sharing, posting on the web, or using in other software packages.